Governor Bredesen's Pardons

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Before leaving the office of Governor, Phil Bredesen issued his list of pardons. Of most significance is Edward Harbison, who was on death row for beating a woman to death when he burglarized her home. Governor Bredesen felt that the crime did not "r[i]se to the level of a death penalty crime." Harbison will be serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.